This legislation would take away your power to do anything about your power bill

By: Brian Lyman

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: March 16, 2026

Words: 876

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Back in 2008 — a distant time of war, high gas prices and the nation regretting Republican choices — the Alabama Legislature passed the “Alternative and Renewable Energy Act.”

This legislation extended tax breaks to nontraditional energy projects, specifically alternative energy and hydropower. It aimed to spur economic development, the pixie dust state leaders expect to solve every problem.

Sounds like a way to promote clean energy, right? It read that way, right up …

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